A book of "Marathi" poems by the name of "Sanj Sanket" was published in Aug 2023. I have converted 5 of those poems into songs and packaged them in the form of this album. My intent while composing these songs was to keep the orchestration minimal and focus on the core melody which justifies the semantics of the poems.

01 Wel

As I sit here and imagine what future would be like, will we be able to cope with this disaster and move on? Yes we will, but we will have to carry the scars of the wounds incurred. Wars. Victories. Defeats. Losses. In the face of these events, the common man still believes in hope. Hope for a better world. Hope for a safer tomorrow. He cannot sustain without hope as it is the only fuel to strengthen the will to survive. This very spirit of human race empowers it to move forward through droughts, famines and other disasters. Would life be better or worse than what it was before, only time will tell.

05 A Scared Future

As the days pass by, and the pain grows, there is nothing else left to do but to fight back.
A global alliance for a global threat. We saw Individuals & organizations across the world coming forward to help one another. Countries open their arms to share and exchange resources

The common man knows he cannot leave home to join the cause. He does what he can do best in the given situation, abide by the rules, “stay home stay safe”.

04 Standing Together Standing Tall

A wave of panic rose up, as people began to lose their loved ones to this ferocious beast. Once again the common man feels helpless in this situation and has no choice but to suffer in silence. The monster does not spare anyone - the old, the young, the rich or the poor. It engulfs thousands of lives across the globe. Some turn to God, some lose their faith, some turn insane. The monster is still not satiated.

03 The Unforgiving Pain

By the time world realized the scale of this existential threat, it was too late. Countless innocent lives were lost. Streets were crowded with people scrambling for food and essential supplies. Some bought weapons for self-protection as they imagined the worst. Countries, once perceived as friends, close their boarders, locking foreigners indefinitely, who weren’t lucky enough to reach their home and families. Hospitals, saddled with acute shortage of supplies, were bursting at their seams with infected people. The commoner witnessed this dark drama, huddled in his home, through a shattered window.

02 The Panic Snowball

Our protagonist (the common man) is hardly aware about how “life” as he knows it, was about to change. A beast was lurking in the dark, waiting to attack and leave a deep scar on generations to come. As this monster began to destroy cities, countries, continents, mankind faced a global pandemic of a magnitude unimaginable. With no apparent solution at hand, the common man is forced to fend for himself, to just survive each day, in a world hanging between fear and suspense.

01 The Deceptive Outbreak

This project is a tribute to the legendary duo, R D Burman and Kishor Kumar. They were not just great artists but are an institute even in today’s times. As an amateur musician I want to celebrate their music by doing a small experiment in their name.

My experiment is to intentionally create “Original music” using RD’ Music Design Library” which will take you to RD & K’s era. Write and compose songs keeping Kishor Kumar’s unique voice and style. That is the experiment. “The RD&K Project”

03 - Jo Aapke Andaaz Hai

02 - Kal Ke Ye Pal

01 - Baitha Hu Mai

The RD&K Project

04 - Kar Shukar Adaa Jindagi ka

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Releasing shortly this new composition for all those people who's friendship as stood tall against the test of time for more than 2 decades. Dedicated especially to my #AbhinavKalaMahavidyalay gang. 
Releasing Soon "Kal ke ye pal"

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